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Free Weekend -- Suggestions?

Hi all,

I will be mixing some business and personal travel. I will then have about 3 days to myself where I could theoretically go anywhere for a weekend, and I'm looking for suggestions.

Here's the degree of difficulty: I will have already been to Venice, and will be "Italy-ed out", and this weekend would sandwich between Amsterdam and Malaga. In recent years I have been to Brussels, Cologne, Andalucía, Geneva, Munich, Lisbon, Algarve Coast, Barcelona, and Valencia.

Rail is fine, or the $22 specials on Vueling are fine as well, but I will not have a car. Paris seems obvious, since I've not been, but maybe my wife would rather I take her and we're both surprised together? This would be early April, so maybe I could find a good soccer match as well?

My thanks in advance for suggestions -- and as a reward, I will share that my wife and I have a Rick Steves drinking game: we take a drink every time we hear him say "convivial". It makes the repeat watching more fun!

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Thanks for that -- I forgot to mention the wife and I are planning London already. But Ireland might be on the table, since she's been and I have not

Posted by
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Welcome to the Forums with an interesting first post.

not everywhere is connected to everywhere well enough to sneak in a 3 day weekend easily.

Where will you be when you set off on this mini-break?

Posted by
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and this weekend would sandwich between Amsterdam and Malaga.

Hello,

Are you looking for a 3 day weekend that round trips back to Amsterdam because you have travel plans booked to Malaga from Amsterdam already? If so, I would suggest some place close to Amsterdam so you don't eat up time traveling. Bruges and Ghent would be a nice 3 day weekend. If you are looking for a larger city head to Berlin.

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I would still go with Paris. I think if you go there for a short visit, it will give you a better feel of the neighborhoods, and perhaps make it easier when you and your wife head there for a longer stay.